🐬Slipstream Daydreams🐬 [visual novel]

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Slipstream Daydreams is a visual novel about a nonbinary anti-gravity racer reminiscing about their romances as they tackle the crucial final race of the season.

Please subscribe to the mailing list to keep up with development - steam page coming soon, demo early 2026!
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(and don't worry, if you get stressed out by the timers you can extend them or turn them off. let's gooo accessibility features!)

october's task was implementing sound and music throughout SSDD! the trickiest part of it was getting the timers to play a ticking sound - did you know vboxes dont pass "show" events? 💀 thanks to a couple folk's help in the devtalk server i got it working though ✌️
#vndev #renpy

i like c1 or c3 much more than the monochrome one! i think they might benefit from something else a little extra around the neck to frame the face?

a screenshot from a visual novel with narration text on the right and a brightly coloured illustrated background of a scifi track in a hot climate on the left

Slipstream Daydreams isn't just about steamy romance off the track - in between Orion's flashbacks you'll need to navigate a high-speed race! 🚀
#vndev #indiedev

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thank you so much! 🌈🐬

never make the mistake of asking the rich guy what to order 🫠
#screenshotsaturday #vndev

i also made the decision to swap the light blue in Capital's palette for black - people kept thinking he was on the same team as Orion which is definitely on me for making their image colours both blue 🤦 i think the tweak fits his regal impression better, and it feels more mature.

before | after

Orion's sprite is nearly there, which means I get to play dolls in engine ☺️ seeing the character and background art together is so fulfilling 🌈🐬 #vndev #ocsky

As Steam cracks down on adult games, one dev urges taking back control Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

thanks so much, it means a lot to hear my work paid off 🩵

🌞 thanks so much!

LOL the usb hub is smart!! yeah that's not so bad and it means you can ensure they all have the most recent version (it'd be typical to order a batch only to find a new bug you need to patch...)

thank you!! yeah i considered playing with the keychain idea, since my vn is a racing setting i could make them like car keys lol. one detail i missed, when ordering your custom USBs did the manufacturer add your files or did you need to do that manually yourself?

i read through your zine, great resource! appreciated the notes on tabling with the physical copy too! i was contemplating a cd release of my vn because its y2k-inspired but i think you're probably right that bespoke USBs are a better shout - i hadnt seen the custom print card ones before, very cool

i LOVE indie physicals!!!

a physical copy of my game parfum nostalgique. it's a circular USB card custom printed with my main character on it with a flip-out flash drive and a blue tassel attached to a blue shell-shaped perfume bottle card in a watercolor style.

a physical copy of my game parfum nostalgique. it's a circular USB card custom printed with my main character on it with a flip-out flash drive and a blue tassel attached to a blue shell-shaped perfume bottle card in a watercolor style.

I am once again showing off how cool the physical copies of my game are.

And I am once again reminding you that I have a free zine about how to make your own physical copies here:
priro.itch.io/holdingthebaby

really excited to share my first complete character sprite 🗣️
Capital has six expressions with two eyes and three mouths each, for ace attorney style mouth flaps and blinks! this was a lot of work (more than i anticipated💦) but i think the resulting polish is well worth it #vndev #ocsky

i'm working on Capital's sprites - i haven't replaced the sketch version of his blink asset yet, so currently his eyebrows flash red to ward away predators 😭

making vn is easy you just write a book and then you read back each line from that book and think what facial expression are they making and then you draw each expression and then line by line you add a tag for the face they are making. the best part is you only have to do this a few thousand times

great linework and shape language in these!

these designs are cool! i love the attention to detail in the hair and vehicles especially :D

these are so whimsical and cute!

hi roach! im villain! i like this jester guy, whats their story? im working on a y2k inspired visual novel about anti-gravity racing and queer love. here's a recent background, and a wip of the sprite for my guy Capital 🩷🐬 #artshare

text reads "orion cruz" a drawing based on the y2k mascot Groovy Chick instead featuring a blue-haired brown-skinned nonbinary in a wave patterned bodysuit, wearing big trainers and holding headphones

the thing about setting my visual novel in a y2k future is i get to parody mascots from the era with my protagonist orion :D groovy chick was EVERYWHERE in the uk back then!! style icon!! 🌼🩷
#y2k #oc

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It's so retro anime aesthetic that it makes life in a military base amid a zombie apocalypse look comfy.

#screenshotsaturday

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thank you!! it took me a while to work out the style for my vn but I'm really happy with how it's looking now :)

another background for my vn! it was fun coming up with clutter for this kitschy interview set 🛼🐬🚀 for this one i modelled the shelves in blender and traced them - work smarter not harder 😘
(empty shelves will be covered by sprites, dont worry) #vndev